Le livre de la vertu du sacrement de mariage

Author(s)

• Mézières, Philippe de
• Williamson, Joan B.
• Bibliothèque nationale (France). Français 1175

Bibliographic Information

Le livre de la vertu du sacrement de mariage

Philippe de Mézières ; edited from Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Ms. fr. 1175, by Joan B. Williamson

The Catholic University of America Press, c1993

Note

Text in Old French, introd. and notes in English

Includes bibliographical references (p. [413]-426) and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book makes available an important work by a seminal writer of the late fourteenth century. A valuable resource for research on medieval concepts of personal piety and medieval attitudes towards women, Mezieres's treatise is rich in imagery and opinions and offers an important contribution to the history of ideas. This edition offers an accurate, annotated transcription of Mezieres's complete text, edited for readers of Old French.

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Details

• NCID: BA29799843
• ISBN:
  • 0813207673
• LCCN: 92015499
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: fre
• Text Language Code: freeng
• Place of Publication: Washington, D.C.
• Pages/Volumes: x, 442 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BV835
  • DC20 : 248.4
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- Early works to 1800
  • LCSH : Women -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500 -- Early works to 1800